Coin-delivery apparatus.



No. 715,735. Patented Dec. 16,. |902. J. HgALBERT {& F. A. WIGGINS.'

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COIN DELIVERY APPARATUS.) V Application filed Mar. 28, 1901. Renewed Apr. 23.1002J 2 Sheen-Sheet 2,

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' FREDERICKA.WIGe1Ns,citizensof theUnited.

' UNITED STA-TES JOSEPH H. ALBERT. ANDFREDERIOK A; wIGeINs, oF SALEM-OREGON.

PATENT OFFICE.

COIN-DELIVERY APPARATUS.

vSPIEIIIZFIG A".LIQN forming part of Letters Patent No. 71.55735, dated December 16, 1902.

I Lpplioatien tiled Merch 2.8, 1901. Renewed April 23, 1902. 'Serial No. 104,313l (No model.)

To 'a/ZZ whnt it `may concern.- l l B e itknown that we, JOSEPH H. ALBERT and States,- residing'2 at,l Salem, in the bounty of -vMax-ion and State of'Ore'gon, have invented new and useful Improvements in Goin-Deliv- -ery Apparatus, of which the following is .a Y

' I sameto the operator. The coins are arranged specification.

Our invention relates to improvements-in coin-deliveryapparatus, and'has for its general object to provide a coin-delivery device ijn' which the coins are separated'according to their diameters and are held edge to edge lprecedent to delivery with :a view of secu ring perfect. accuracy and one which when properly operated, is calculated vto deliver either one lor any desired number of coins of a particular. denomination.

lOther advantageous features of the invenpt'ion will'be fully understood from the fol,- 4lowing description and claimswhen'taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which` A y Figure 1.'s a vertical section of a coin-delivery apparatus. constructed in accordance with our invention.

tionj taken on the broken line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is aA detailf'section taken' in the plane indicated by the broken line 3 3 of Figs.

Fig.' 4 isa detail plan view, o n anenlarged scale, illustrating the spring-pressed lever forimparting a slight impulse to thecoins as they are'fed from the coin-trough to a point coincident with the reservoir. Fig. 45 is an enlarged detail section'takenV in the plane indicated by the broken line 5 5 of Fig. 2; and

. Figs. .6 and 7 are detailsections taken in the planes indicated by the broken lines 6 6 and 7 7, respectively, of Fig.`5.

In the said drawings similanletters of reference designate corresponding parts lin'allf of the severalviews, referringtowhich- A.f A is the case of the apparatus, which may be of any suitable construction and material.

is a coin-trough, whichA is concave-convex i'n- `cross-sectionand of asize correspondl. ing to the'diameter, of the particular denmi` coinsw'hch'fitfis designed to re'- nation of Cisa coin-reservoir, which 1s of itis designed ,to receive -from-the coin-trough and deliver, as hereinafter pointed ont. The

Fig. 2 is 'a detail sec` f together.

coin-trough has its forward end arranged in a plane above its rear end, as illustrated in Fig. `Land the coin-reservoir is inclined downwardlyand forwardly from the forward end of the trough to a point adjacent-to a coinchute; D, which isV arranged, as shown, to receive coins from the reservoir and deliver thev side by side in the trough B after the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, a-nd in order to feed them to thereservoir C subsequent to an 0peration of the machine and the removal of.

coins from said reservoir the coin-elevator E is provided. This elevator E is'arran ged and adapted to move .in the trough B in rearof the series of coins and is. designed-.to be actuated through `the medium of alever F 'and la yoke Gr at the upper -end'of the same, theI a swi-veled manner to a screw h, `whereby its tension Lmay be readily regulated; lAbove its -fulcruni oint the lever is provided with a segmental rack z', which is intermeshedwith a pinion j fixed on the shaft, but is provided with a pawl l, arranged to engage aratchet an, fixed with respect to the shaft, whereby it will. bessen that-when the lever is rocked inthe direct-ion indicated by arrow the pinion will turn looselyon the-shaft; but when the lever is moved in the opposite direction under-.the action of the spring' G the pinion and the shaft will turn In addition to the pinion-j and ratchet-wheel 'm .the shaft 7c carries a gearwheel fa, which is intermeshed with a pinion pon a shaft q, which latter also' carries an escapement-wheel r, arranged to be engaged by'a, pallets. By virtue of this-construction it will 'be seen that whenthe lever F is moved inthe direction indicated by arrow inFig. 1

on ashaft 7c. The pinion is not..

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sure the spring Gis expanded. Said spring is, however, prevented when pressure is removed-from theleverfrom forcibly rocking said lever in a direction opposite to thatindicated by arrow `by the escapement mechanism, which insures the lever and the elevator carried thereby moving in a slow and steady manner in the direction opposite to that indicated by arrow until the elevator brings up against the rear coin in the trough B. The loose arrangement of the pinion j on the shaft 7c is advantageous, since it enables the operator to, rock thelever in the direction indicated by arrow by pressing rearwardly on the upper end thereof when it is desired to place coins in the trough B.'

Formed integral with. or fixed with respect to thelever F is a semicircular disk H, the periphery of which is milled or roughe'ned, as shown. This semicirc'ular disk is designed to be engaged by the milled orroughened end of a dog I, which is fulcrumed at an intermediate point of its length between two levers J, which in turn are fulcrumed between the standards g and are disposed at opposite sides of the lever F and' milled disk H, as best shown in Fig. 2. The levers J are returned to and normally held in the position shown in Fig. l byY coiled springs K and are provided in theirupper edges with notches t, which are calculated when the parts are in their normal position to scatta cross-bar u ben tween two uprights fu,and thereby enable said cross-bar to diseugage the dog I from theI At its end re.

milled or roughened disk H. mote from the disk H the dog I is'provided with a transversely-disposed bar w, which is'arranged', as shown, below two key-levers L L. It follows from this that when either one of the key-levers is depressed the dog I will be thrown into engagement with the disk H, and through the medium of the said dog I and disk H the lever F will be thrown in the direction indicated by arrow and the elevator E will be moved rearwardly to relieve the coins of pressure; also, that when pressure is removed from the key-lever the springs K will operate to return the levers J, the dog I, and the said key-lever to their normal positions illustrated.

M is a rod which extends across the apparatus above the trough B, and .N is a lever which is pivotally mounted on said rod and is provided in one side with a notch a.' to receive a stoppin y on the rod. The said lever is pressed downwardly by a spring P and has for its purpose to impart a slight downward impetus to each coi u as the same reaches a position coincident with the reservoir C, so as to insure the downward movementof said coin and those below it in the reservoir. The movement of the lever N is limited by the notch and stop-pin y, and the tension' of the spring Pand consequently the pressure which the lever exerts on the coins, may be readily regulated by turning -a diskl Q, which is loosely mounted on rod M and has a ratchet-face held in engagement with a stud a on the rod by the action of the spring, as-

best illustrated in Fig. 4. i

As before described, the reservoir C, is cfa width slightly greater than the diameter of the particular denomination of coin which it ings S in its back wall. The said openingsare designed to permit of coin-retainers T T' being moved in and out of. thel reservoir. l The retainers T T are preferably in the form of levers and are connected by links U U' tov the key-levers' L L'-, respectively. Also connected to the key-levers L L are links V, which in turn are disposed at opposite sides of and loosely connected to an L-shaped gate W, pivotally connected to lugs a. at the rear of the reservoir and adapted in its normal position to rest below the lower end of said reservoir, as shown, and thereby prevent the escape of coins therefrom.

In the practical operation of the apparatus it will be observed that when the key-lever L is depressed the lever F will be rocked in the direction indicated by arrow to relieve the coins inthe trough B from pressure,the' gate lV will be drawn from itsV normal position be'- low the lower end of the reservoir C, and the retainer T will be vcaused to assume a position below the second upper coin in the resv with the result that the coins below it4 arer permitted to pass down and out of the reservoir.v Ifit be assumed that the particular trough B and reservoir C herein shown and described are adapted tov receive quarters or twenty-five-cent pieces, it will be appreciated that incident to the manipulation of the keylever'L one quarter will be delivered, While incident to the manipulation of the key-lever L' one dollar and seventy-five cents in quarters `will be delivered. By reason of the slots in the links V the gate W may be moved through the medium of one of the key-levers without moving or otherwise aieeting thel other keylever. It will also be observed that as many key-levers and retaining devices may be employed in conjunction with the reservoir C as desired, the retaining devices being of `course arranged at intervals in the height of the reservoir and adapted when manipulated to permit certain predetermined numbers of coins to pass from the reservoir. Subsequent to the return of a key-lever to its normal position the spring G tends to rock the lever F in the direction opposite to that indicated by arrow, and thereby carries the elevator E against the rear-coin in the trough B. The forward movement of the elevator E under IDO llo.

the action .of the spring G is slow and steady, because of the' escapement mechanism,"and on such movement the elevator E operates to push l.the coins before it up the inclined trough, from whence they drop into the reservoir C until the latter is filled and the uppermost coin in said reservoir rests in the po' sition shown in front of the .series in the trough B, when the feed of coins to the reservoir is stopped.

l AWhile we have shownbut one trough B andl reservoir C and their appurtenances, it is obvious that any desired number of troughs B and reservoirs C of dilierent sizes and the appurtenances thereof may be embodied in a single apparatus with a view of adapting the same to deliver coins of different denominations. Y

We have entered into a detailed description of the construction and relative arrangement of the parts embodied in our improved apparatus in order'to impart a full,`clear, and exact understanding of the same. We do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting ourselves to such specific construction and arrangement of parts, as such changes or modifications may be made in practice as fairly fall within the scope of our claims.

Having described' our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s

y 1. A coindelivery" apparatus comprising a coin-holding trough, means for exerting pressure against andfeeding coins forwardly in said trough, a coin-reservoir arranged to receive edgewise superposed coins from the trough, and extending downwardly from said trough, a device for normally closing the lower endofthe coin-reservoir, a retainer arranged, when operated, to assume a position below one or more of lthe coins in the reservoir, means for loperating the said closing device and the retainer, and v means connected with said operating means whereby pressure is removed from the coins in the trough.

2. A coin-delivery apparatus comprising a coin-holding trough, means for exerting pressure against and feeding coins forwardly in said trough, a coin-reservoir arranged to receive edgewisesuperposed coins from the trough, and extendingdownwardly from said trough, a key-lever, a connection intermediate of the key-lever and the coin-pressing means whereby pressure is removed from the coins when the key-lever is operated, means controlled by the key-lever for normally closing the lower end of the coin-reservoir, and a retainer connected with the key-,lever and arranged to assume a position below one or more of the coins in the reservoir incident to the operation of said key-lever.

3. A coin-delivery apparatus comprising a coinholding trough, means for exerting pressure against and feeding coins forwardly in said trough, a coin-reservoir arranged to receive edgewise-superposed coins from the trough, and extending downwardly from said trough, means for imparting impetus to the coins as they reach a position coincidentwith reservoir, a key-lever, a connection intermediate of the key-lever and the coin-pressing means whereby pressure is removed from the coins when the key-lever is operated, means controlled by the key-lever for normally `closing the lower end'of the coin-reservoir, and a retainer also controlled by the key-lever and arranged to assume a position below one or more of the coins in the reservoir, incident to the operation of said key-lever.

4.. A coin-'delivery apparatus comprisinga coin-holding trough, means for exerting pressure against' andv feeding coins forwardly in said trough, a coinreservoir arranged to receive vedgewise-superposed coins from the trough, and extending downwardly from said trough, a plurality of key levers, means wherebypressure is removed from the coins when any one Yof the key-levers is operated., means normally closing the lower end of the coin -reservoir, connections between such means and the levers,'whereby the lower end of the reservoir is openedincident'to the operation of either key-lever, and retainers con nected to the respective levers and arranged at intervals in the height of the reservoir.

5. A coin-'delivery apparatus'comprising a coin-holding trough, means for exerting pressure against and feeding coins forwardly in said trough, a coin-reservoir arranged to receive edgewisesuperposed coins from the trough Aand extendingdownwardly from said trough, a key-lever, a connection intermediate of the key-lever and xthe coin -pressing means whereby pressure is removed from the coins when the key-lever is operated, and means controlled by the key-lever for nor mally closing the coin-reservoir.

6. A coin-delivery apparatus comprisinga. coin-holding trough, an elevator 'movable therein, a spring-actuated levereonnected with said elevator, an escapement mechanism connected by gearing with the lever, a disk fixed with respect to the lever and having a milled or roughened periphery, a lever, a spring connected thereto, a dog fulerumed on said lever and having a lateral extension, keylevers'arranged above the lateral extension of the-dog and adapted when depressed to throw said dog` into engagement with the milled or roughened disk, a coin-reservoir arranged to receive edgewise-superposed coins from the trough and extending downwardly from said trough, a gate for normally closing the lower end of the reservoir, and connec-A tions between said gate and the key-levers.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of two subscribingwitiresses.

-JOSEPH H. ALBERT.

FREDERICK A. WIAGGINS.

Witnesses z G. J. TrioMAs, JOHN T. ALBERT.

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